Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Friday, April 26, 2024. Houston Texans News Houston Texans NFL draft picks 2024: Full list of team’s round-by-round selections (USA Today) NFL Draft Rumors: Adam Schefter weighs in on Texans trade options (Toro Times) Jaguars Draft Brian Thomas Jr. at No. 23, Traded for Texans’ Original Pick (Sports Illustrated) Hannah McNair slams Titans when talking about Texans new jerseys (KHOU 11) Texans CEO Cal McNair optimistic about team’s future following release of new uniforms and CJ Stroud’s impact (ABC 13 Houston) Video: C.J. Stroud Reacts to Micah Parsons’ Challenge for Cowboys-Texans 2024 Game (Bleacher Report) Broncos, Jets, Lions and Texans have new uniforms. Let’s rank them (Yahoo! Sports) NFL News Agent: Cousins confused by Falcons’ Penix pick (ESPN.com) Sources: Patriots, Vikings eyed trade for Herbert (ESPN.com) Vikings trade up to 10th pick, land QB McCarthy (ESPN.com) Broncos make Nix record-tying 6th 1st-round QB (ESPN.com) Giants pass on QBs, say WR Nabers ‘was our guy’ (ESPN.com) Cowboys trade down, take Guyton to fill OT need (ESPN.com) Bears pick QB Williams No. 1, WR Odunze No. 9 (ESPN.com) Eagles star Brown gets historic $96M extension (ESPN.com) Grading big NFL draft trades (ESPN.com) Houston & Collegiate Sports Offensive Anemia, Bullpen Paralysis Continue to Plague Astros. No Cure in Sight. (The Crawfish Boxes)

Justin Verlander | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The end of a week is upon us. Is it also the end of an era? Houston Astros News Astros insider: 7-19 start a ‘slap in the face’ and ‘gut check’ (Houston Chronicle) Houston Astros Season Keeps Getting Worse (OutKick) ‘Gut-check time’: Astros determined to steer out of early funk Sad Joe Espada ejection has Astros fans down bad after getting swept by Cubs (Climbing Tal’s Hill) Alex Bregman feels ‘zero pressure’ playing in a contract year amid another slow start (The Athletic) Astros Send France To Sugar Land, Framber Expected to Return, Cabbage Added (SportsTalk 790) How a Bad Season Can Save the Houston Astros Dynasty The Astros Rough Start Could Be a Blessing in Disguise (Last Word on Sports) Astros not worried despite brutal start to season (NY Post) Angels News: Former Los Angeles Utility Player Joins Astros in Mexico City (Athlon Sports) AL West News Halos: Mike Trout Is Running Again (Again) (FG) M’s: Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford lands on injured list with an oblique strain (The Spokesman-Review) Blarts: Bullpen Strong But Rangers Drop Game, Series To Seattle (Dallas Sports Nation) A’s: A’s are (Almost) Closer to First than Last (SI) MLB News Let’s Go: A Theory About Aaron Boone’s Phantom Ejection (FG) Rumors, drama squarely in the past as Ohtani, Dodgers head to Toronto MLB fans getting younger as more kids taking to the diamond 103.3 mph heat, 118.7 mph HR among stats of the week Can the White Sox Lose 120 Games? (FG) Yamamoto hitting his stride with best start yet ‘Dad Strength is a real thing’: Fatherhood agreeing with Harper Contreras brothers, Jared Jones and other fascinating MLB storylines Houston Astros Birthdays Friday RHP Angel Aybar (20) RHP Alejandro Torres (23) RHP Scott Strickland (48) IF Geoff Blum (51) 2B Steve Lombardozzi (64) RHP Mike Scott (69) SS/RF Leon McFadden (80) Saturday UT J.D. Davis (31) RHP Julio Marte (21) RHP Runelvys Hernández (46) UT Pedro Feliz (49) C Tony Eusebio (57) Sunday OF Jackie Brandt (90)

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